Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 12:16
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 272 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 714 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3350 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 101 Parallax 94.4 92% 103 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 86.1 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH6-CE240-L 240GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 143 217 219 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 474 Mixed 358 SusWrite 172 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.1 162% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 177 176% 281 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 616GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 132 132 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-4GXM 0215 CMY32GX3M4A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 0215 CMY32GX3M4A2400C11 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 26.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	853x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	349x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	319x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	100x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	64x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16